Tuolumne County Biographies
J.W. STUART
Submitted by: Nancy Pratt Melton
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Was born in Maine, May 25,1819, where he was raised and educated. He came to
this State in 1849, going to Sutter�s Fort, and to Coloma, El Dorado County,
where he was mining, as wel1 as on the Feather and Yuba Rivers. In 1852 he
returned to Maine, and again came to California in the Spring of 1853, settling
in this County, and on the land he now owns. In 1860, be commenced the raising
of bees, with a capital stock of one hive, and now the hillsides present a
beautiful picture, being dotted here and there with five hundred white homes for
the busy bees. About two miles northwest from Sonora is the home of Mr. Stuart,
which is beautifully named ��Idlewild Apiary.�
�A History of Tuolumne County, California� B.F. Alley, 1882. Pg. 357.